STAN MANOUKIAN OCTAVIA, 2024 Ink and pencil on 90g cream paper 28 x 21 cm Gift of the artist Stan Manoukian is a French graphic designer born in Paris in 1969. He has been passionate about drawing since childhood, and is inspired by retro science fiction, monster movies and authors such as Poe, Lovecraft and Mary Shelley. science fiction, monster movies and authors such as Poe, Lovecraft, Mary Shelley and Jules Verne. He graduated École Estienne in 1988, he has worked as a draughtsman, designer and storyboard artist in France and the United States. In 2007, he took up the challenge of drawing a monster a day for a year, resulting in the book Diary of Inhuman Species. Since 2008, he has been exploring more ambitious projects, experimenting with various drawing and sculpture techniques. He is part of He is part of the post-Lowbrow generation, mixing dreamlike creatures with nineteenth-century Romantic influences. His menagerie combines extraterrestrial beings and abyssal creatures, creating a fantastic and surreal universe. His work is recognised internationally and exhibited in the United States, Japan, Australia, France and Europe. Website: https://www.stanmanoukian.com Instagram: @grograou